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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100062011847

ISBN-139780062011848

eBay Product ID (ePID)102773514

Product Key Features

Book TitleSnuff : a Novel of Discworld

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Fantasy / Humorous, Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Humorous / General

Publication Year2011

GenreFiction

AuthorTerry Pratchett

Book SeriesDiscworld Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight21.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-033117

Dewey Edition23

Reviews...[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals., Series followers will delight in this latest entry.... Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless., â€¦[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals., Like Pratchett, [narrator Stephen Briggs] loves the comic rhythm, sound, and very taste of words-just for their own sake. So order up a tuna-spaghetti-jam sandwich (with sprinkles) and be prepared for a wonderful time., The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book., Series followers will delight in this latest entry â€¦ Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless., "Bounding between a wealth of settings and scenarios, Pratchett has forged a wicked roster of heroines and heroes, including several members of 'the occult community' and Sam Vimes, a policeman who has risen from the slums of Ankh-Morpork to a dukedom without ditching his street smarts. . . . His first Discworld book may have been a frolic, but his magic has long since been set in strong moral mortar." -- Washington Post "In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett." -- Booklist "A lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld--and there are boatloads of them--will want to miss." -- Kirkus Reviews "Series followers will delight in this latest entry as it offers them a chance to catch up with Pratchett's recurring protagonist while enjoying a tight, fast-paced take on the traditional police procedural novel. As often happens, Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless." -- Library Journal "The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book." -- Tor.com "In the history of comic fantasy, Mr. Pratchett has no equals for invention or for range. " -- Wall Street Journal "A triumphant effort." -- The Independent on Sunday "Like Pratchett, [narrator Stephen Briggs] loves the comic rhythm, sound, and very taste of words-just for their own sake. So order up a tuna-spaghetti-jam sandwich (with sprinkles) and be prepared for a wonderful time." -- AudioFile Magazine, In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett., Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. . . . A treat no fan of Discworld—and there are boatloads of them—will want to miss., Thirty-seven books in and ... Discworld is still going strong...and doing so with undimmed, triumphant exuberance. , Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lotâ€¦A treat no fan of Discworld-and there are boatloads of them-will want to miss., Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld-and there are boatloads of them-will want to miss., "This account of Unseen University's entry into the world of soccer (or, as they occasionally call it, "foot-the-ball") pushes past the usual conventions of satire to offer equal parts absurdist philosophy and heartwarming romance....A witty addition to the long-running fantasy series", Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld--and there are boatloads of them--will want to miss., "Bounding between a wealth of settings and scenarios, Pratchett has forged a wicked roster of heroines and heroes, including several members of 'the occult community' and Sam Vimes, a policeman who has risen from the slums of Ankh-Morpork to a dukedom without ditching his street smarts. . . . His first Discworld book may have been a frolic, but his magic has long since been set in strong moral mortar." -- Washington Post "In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett." -- Booklist "A lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld--and there are boatloads of them--will want to miss." -- Kirkus Reviews "Series followers will delight in this latest entry as it offers them a chance to catch up with Pratchett's recurring protagonist while enjoying a tight, fast-paced take on the traditional police procedural novel. As often happens, Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless." -- Library Journal "The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book." -- Tor.com "In the history of comic fantasy, Mr. Pratchett has no equals for invention or for range. " -- Wall Street Journal "A triumphant effort." -- The Independent on Sunday "Like Pratchett, [narrator Stephen Briggs] loves the comic rhythm, sound, and very taste of words-just for their own sake. So order up a tuna-spaghetti-jam sandwich (with sprinkles) and be prepared for a wonderful time." -- AudioFile Magazine "A fresh fiasco fraught with magic, cunning, daring, and (for the reader more than poor Vimes) endless hilarity. . . . Pratchett delivers an enthralling new tale from a place of insuperable adventure: Discworld." -- Bookreporter.com, Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld—and there are boatloads of them—will want to miss., Series followers will delight in this latest entry. . . . Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless., Series followers will delight in this latest entry. . . . Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless., "In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett." -- Booklist "This account of Unseen University's entry into the world of soccer (or, as they occasionally call it, "foot-the-ball") pushes past the usual conventions of satire to offer equal parts absurdist philosophy and heartwarming romance....A witty addition to the long-running fantasy series" -- Kirkus Reviews "A triumphant effort." -- The Independent on Sunday "Like Pratchett, [narrator Stephen Briggs] loves the comic rhythm, sound, and very taste of words-just for their own sake. So order up a tuna-spaghetti-jam sandwich (with sprinkles) and be prepared for a wonderful time." -- AudioFile Magazine "Thirty-seven books in and ... Discworld is still going strong...and doing so with undimmed, triumphant exuberance. " -- The Guardian "...[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book." -- Tor.com "Brilliantly complex." -- The Straits Times "In the history of comic fantasy, Mr. Pratchett has no equals for invention or for range. " -- Wall Street Journal "Series followers will delight in this latest entry. . . . Pratchett's fun, irreverent-seeming story line masks a larger discussion of social inequalities and the courage it takes to stand up for the voiceless." -- Library Journal "Funny, of course, but with plenty of hard edges; and, along with the excellent lessons in practical police work, genuine sympathy for the ordinary copper's lot. A treat no fan of Discworld--and there are boatloads of them--will want to miss." -- Kirkus Reviews

Series Volume Number39

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Synopsis"Pratchett . . . has a satirist's instinct for the absurd and a cartoonist's eye for the telling detail." -Daily Telegraph (London) "The purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse." -Washington Post Book World Sam Vimes, watch commander of Ankh-Morpork, is at long last taking a much-needed (and well deserved) vacation. But, of course, this is Discworld®, where nothing goes as planned-and before Vimes can even change his cardboard-soled boots for vacationer's slippers, the gruff watch commander soon finds himself enmeshed in a fresh fiasco fraught with magic, cunning, daring, and (for the reader more than for poor Vimes) endless hilarity. Did he really expect time off? As Vimes himself says in Feet of Clay, "there's some magical creature called 'overtime,' only no one's even seen its footprints." Following the New York Times bestselling Unseen Academichals, Terry Pratchett delivers an enthralling new tale from a place of insuperable adventure: Discworld. Discworld® is a registered trademark., "Pratchett . . . has a satirist's instinct for the absurd and a cartoonist's eye for the telling detail." --Daily Telegraph (London) "The purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse." --Washington Post Book World Sam Vimes, watch commander of Ankh-Morpork, is at long last taking a much-needed (and well deserved) vacation. But, of course, this is Discworld®, where nothing goes as planned--and before Vimes can even change his cardboard-soled boots for vacationer's slippers, the gruff watch commander soon finds himself enmeshed in a fresh fiasco fraught with magic, cunning, daring, and (for the reader more than for poor Vimes) endless hilarity. Did he really expect time off? As Vimes himself says in Feet of Clay, "there's some magical creature called 'overtime,' only no one's even seen its footprints." Following the New York Times bestselling Unseen Academichals, Terry Pratchett delivers an enthralling new tale from a place of insuperable adventure: Discworld. Discworld® is a registered trademark., "Pratchett . . . has a satirist's instinct for the absurd and a cartoonist's eye for the telling detail." -- Daily Telegraph (London) "The purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse." -- Washington Post Book World Sam Vimes, watch commander of Ankh-Morpork, is at long last taking a much-needed (and well deserved) vacation. But, of course, this is Discworld(R), where nothing goes as planned--and before Vimes can even change his cardboard-soled boots for vacationer's slippers, the gruff watch commander soon finds himself enmeshed in a fresh fiasco fraught with magic, cunning, daring, and (for the reader more than for poor Vimes) endless hilarity. Did he really expect time off? As Vimes himself says in Feet of Clay , "there's some magical creature called 'overtime, ' only no one's even seen its footprints." Following the New York Times bestselling Unseen Academichals , Terry Pratchett delivers an enthralling new tale from a place of insuperable adventure: Discworld. Discworld(R) is a registered trademark.

LC Classification NumberPR6066.R34S65 2011